Pattern and method of forming breast forms



NOV. 19, 1946. PERL PATTERN AND METHOD OF FORMING BREASTFORMS Filed May 8. 1944 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR. 642/317 MP2 NOV. 19, 1946. PERL 2,411,388

PATTERN AND METHOD OF FORMING BREASTFORMS Filed May 8, 1944 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR Patented Nov. 19, 1946 S PATENT OFFICE PATTERN AND METHOD OF FORIWING BREAST FORMS Helen N. Perl, New York, N. Y.

Application May 8, 1944, Serial No. 534,703

4 Claims.

The present invention relates to a pattern for use in sculpturing a breastform and has use in cases where a breast has been removed by surgery. The importance of this pattern lies in the fact that no two women have the same contour even though they may wear the same brassire in the same size; in fact, should a woman change her model of brassire, the shape of necessity changes and she requires another pattern taken and correction made on breastform to conform thereto.

It is a salient object of the present invention to provide a pattern which may be used in sculpturing a breast form so that the person whose breast has been removed can have the same duplicated by use of the pattern, and through the medium of proper sculpturing of the material from which the breastform is formed.

A breastform sculptured with my pattern serving as a model will, when worn, present the same contour as the human breast resting in a brassire and give the wearer the same breast appearance as she possessed before one of the breasts was removed.

A still further object is to provide a novel pattern and method of enabling a sculptor to accurately obtain the exact configuration and contour of the human breast that is to be duplicated in sculpturing the breastform, thus providing for the person, a personalized breastform, which is otherwise not attainable. I A

A further object-resides in the provision of a pattern that can be readily and easily assembled.

Other objects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following description, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this invention and in which like numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views- Figure 1 is a view showing the piece of paper from which the pattern is formed pinned onto the brassire over the breast to be duplicated;

Figure 2 is a similar view showing the second step in forming the pattern, showing the cut lines on the sheet;

Figure 3 is a similar view showing the third step in forming the pattern, wherein the outer or side portions are brought over the intermediate portions, prior to pinning these portions in their overlapping relation;

Figure 4 illustrates the fourth step in the method of forming the pattern, wherein the overlapped portions are pinned and a line denoting the out- 2 line or contour of the breast is marked on the pattern;

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the completed pattern after it has been removed from the brassi're and which pattern serves as a model from which the breastform to be sculptured is copied;

Figure 6 is a vertical sectional View taken approximately on the line 66 of Figure 5 Figure 7 is a transverse section taken approximately on the line 1--l of Figure 6;

Figur 8 is a perspective View of the sculptured breastform, formed from sponge rubber;

Figure 9 is a vertical sectional view through the sponge rubber breastform, and

Figure 10 is a perspective view of another breastform in which the pad is filled with scrap material and is of the same configuration as the pattern or model shown in Figure 5.

In the drawings, the numeral I designates a substantially rectangular sheet of paper from which my pattern is formed, although a piece of canvas may be used, if desired.

The piece of paper is placed over the unaffected human breast, preferably over the outer side of the brassire A and is pinned to the outside of the brassire at three points as indicated at 2, 3 and 4, respectively.

With the piece of the paper thus held in place over the breast, the paper is out along the diagonal lines 5, 6, I and 8, thus forming the end or side portions 9 and I0 and the intermediate portions II and [2, as shown clearly in Figure 2 of the drawings.

The cuts are so formed as to cause the cut parts to remain united together at the central portion of the sheet only.

The next step in my method of forming the pattern consists in bringing the cut edges 5,. 6, l and 8 of the side portions 9 and 10 over onto the adjacent edges of the intermediate portions H and I2, respectively, so as to give the pattern the same configuration or body design as the shape of the human breast that is to be duplicated.

The folded over edge portions are then held together in their overlapping relation by means of the pins [3.

Following this step, a pencil mark is drawn on the outside of the sheet to conform to the outer contour of the breast as indicated at M in Figures 4 and 5 of the drawings.

In Figure 5 the complete pattern is shown after it has been properly formed and removed from the outer side of the brassire. This pattern constitutes the model which is a replica of the 3 human breast that is to be duplicated by the sculptor in forming the breastform.

Figure 8 discloses the breastform 55 that is sculptured from sponge rubber and as heretofore stated, the breastform is so sculptured as to conform to the shape of the pattern, thus assuring the person Whose breast has been removed by surgery, that the breastform will conform to her other human breast. In this way the womans breast contour will be perfectly recreated to that which existed before one of the breasts was amputated.

The sculptured sponge rubber breastform 5 will fill the cavity caused by the removal of the breast and in order to prevent the roughened rear face [6 of the sponge rubber breastform from contacting the skin of the wearer and causing irritation and discomfort, a covering of suitable material must be provided for the breastfor m.

When such a breastform is worn beneath the brassire the wearers breast contour willbe restored, and thi without giving any indication that abreastfor-m is being Worn.

For the purpose of utilizing the scrap material resulting from the sculpturing of the one-piece sponge rubber breastform, anotherpad may be formed, such as is shown at H in Figure 10.

In this ramification, the pad comprises a cloth facing 18 shaped to conform to the pattern and a rear covering layer ii! that is stitched to the marginal edge portion of the facing to form a marginal. flange around the pad. The scrap material 20 fills the interior of the pad. Such a pad is in the nature of an auxiliary breastform and is adapted to be worn preferably beneath a nightgown. I,

Itfis believed that I am the first to conceive of the idea of conforming the breastform to duplicate the other human breast of a woman having undergone the removal of one of her breasts by surgery, so as to restore the Womans breastline contour as it existed prior to the breast removal and, further, a personalized and perfect sculptuije'd fit is afforded. W

While I have shown the preferred embodiment of my invention, it is to be understood that various changes in the size, shape and "arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention and'th'e scope of the appended claims. v I Having thus described the invention, what- I claim is:

1. The method of forming a pattern from which a breastform may be sculptured, which consists in first attaching a sheet of material over the human breast to be duplicated, cutting the sheet to form end and intermediate portions that remain united at the central portion of the sheet, then folding the end portions over onto the respective intermediate portions and securing the parts together in such overlapping relation so as to cause the pattern to conform to the shape of the breast, then indicating on the pattern the outline of the breast, then removing the formed patter-n from the persons body, and using the pattern as a model from which a breastform may be sculptured.

2. The method of forming a pattern from which a breastform may be sculptured, which consists in first attaching a substantially rectangular sheet of thin flexible material over the human breast to be duplicated, cutting the sheet along diagonal lines from the top and bottom-edges of the sheet to form end and intermediate portions that remain united at the central portion of the sheet, then folding the end portions over onto the respective intermediate portions and securing the parts in such overlapping relation so as to cause the pattern to conform to the shape of the breast, then marking on the sheet the outline of the breast, then removing the formed pattern from the person's body, and finally using the pattern as a model from which a breastf-orm may be sculptured. v

3. A pattern for use in 'sculpturing a breastform, formed from a single blank of material, including intermediate and end sections, all of said sections being united at the central .part of the blank, the adjacent side edges of the intermediate and end sections being separated and disposed in overlapping relation, and means for securing the overlapping portions to form the completed pattern.

4. A pattern for use in sculpturing a breastform, formed from a single blank of material, including a protruding uninterrupted central portion, said blank being. cut to form intermediate and end sectionsexte'nding from the central portion of the blank, the adjacent side edge portions of the intermediate and end sections being disposed in overlapping relation, and means for securing the overlapping portions to form the completed pattern. k v

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